text: The Southern Ocean contains a system of ocean currents, which together forms the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). These ocean currents are subject to strong westerly winds jointly responsible for driving the zonal transport of the ACC. In recent decades a positive trend in SAM index (Southern Annular Mode) is seen, which measures the zonal pressure difference between the latitudes of 40S and 65S, showing us that the zonal winds have increased in the Southern Ocean. Studies indicate that the zonal Ekman transport in the ACC is relatively insensitive to the increasing changes in wind stress. This behaviour can also be seen in the change in isopycnal slopes (surfaces of equal buoyancy), which show limited response despite intensification of western winds. Therefore, the increased momentum (due to enhanced wind stress) is diverted into the oceanic mesoscale and transferred to the bottom of the ocean instead of the horizontal mean flow. This flattens isopycnals (reduces buoyancy forcing) and therefore slows down the mean flow. This phenomenon is known as eddy saturation.